The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-10
INTERNAL REVENUE.
Annual Report OF Commissioner JOSEPH
8. Miller.

WASHINGTON, Nov. o. The Hon. Joseph
5. Miller, commissioner of internal
revenue, submitted his annual report
TO the Secretary of the Treasury today
II is printed document OF 100 pages, and
gives full and detailed statement of the
operations Of the internal revenue service
during the last fiscal year, and also during
the inst quarter of the present fiscal year
The total receipts from all sources Of inter
nalryenuc forthe fiscal year ended Junen
1887, were Slls 500, 1923, as compared with
Sll6,002, $50 for the year 1886; SIP, 42l ,l2l
for the year 1885; 1921 500 for the year
1884; Sl4i,553,3lI for the year 1883, and
SAG, 523, 273 for the year 1882
II is estimated that Si20, 900, 600 will he
collected from the various sources Of in
tcrnal revenue during the current fiscal
year, provided no changes are made in the
rates Of taxation now imposed by the in
tcrnal revenue laws
The total cost OF collection for the past
fiscal year, including salaries Of officers,
etc, was Si,0ii, li1, being "a per cent. Of
the amount collected. The cos, during the
previous fiscal year was nbout3.6 per cent.
Of the collections. The estimated expenses
for the next fiscal year amount IA -, l25,
$50 An additional head of division and
two messengers are asked for, Ia execute
the provisions of the olcomarglrinc law.
The general condition Df the service is NJ
ported Ia be- good. Commissioner Miller saws
that the reduction Of the number Of inter
nal revenue districts by the executive or
der ol May last has very considerably
lcsscncd the cost II colleyting the internal
revenue taxes, aud has not Ia any manner
been detrimental To tho interest Of the tax.
payers, ~ he has bc,a informed. Com
missioner Miller suggests that the quos
ton whether the United States has nov
ANY authority lor trr collection Of Oh,
direct tax remaining tnpaid he taken int,
consideration. Hit b, held that the taS
can bc collected. pm per steps, lac says
should be- taken h. collect IL, unlcs'
there is some probability OF
legislative action authorizing further sus
pension. Thpc thousand nine hundred aud
twcnly-siX fruit dirilldries were operated,
an increase oi nineteen In the former aud
a decrease ri |, llg Ia the latter. The In.
erase in grain distillcrips wis among the
small ones, while them was DECREASE In
the large ones. The commissioner rrncN-
his recommendation ui last ycai
in regard iu the taxation 1T iric.
tionnl parts IT gallon ol distilled
spirits lie alsp urg's legislation author.
ling the establishment oi special bonded
warehouses in storage oi brandy made
from apples or peaches, " lrum any fruit
Whose distillation may De- authorized un'
dcr the rules aud regulations which govern
the diriillaiiun VI the fruits above named.
together with necessary changes ia thc
laws Ia guard against fraud,
The great falling uf la assessment ol
over due taxes on distilled spirits. the a..
port siys, IL due 10 the iarl that while at
/ the beginning oi the fiscal year 1870 then
wcrc ln,Sl2 llS gallons ol spirits IN disiil.
/ lcry warehouses; the tax un which would
become due during thc year under th,
terms II the warchousing hunis, then
I Wcrr only lU, IOl ,l7j gallons II such Spirits
/ IN disiillrry warehouse 10 the beginning al
/ the year 1857. A. ihrrc wcr l2,5NS. ~
| gallons NJ such spirits IN band ui the bc
| ginning ~ the present fiscal year some In
crease IN assessments ul This character mas
| b. expected duringtlic year The quantity
/ IT spirits produced hnd deposited IN dis
| tllcry Warehouses during the last ii-cnI
| year, compared with 1886, distributed
/ among the different kinds known a. thr
| trade, was No. iullowr lnrpuz' in the prp
| duciion ~ rum, S7,gl gallons. gin, OD,il'
| gallons. high wines, 400 gallons, pup
neutral Or cologne spirits 81, biS gallons
/ total increase. l,2}O. ,ib
Decrease in the production ~ bourbon
| whisky, 2,313,s gallons rye whisky
| i2s.pOO gallons, alcohol NlnSl2 gallons.
| Total decrease, 3,7llj2, gallons, net de-
cr'asc, 2,ji2,7Si gallons. The quantity ri
spirits Withdrawn tx paid from di-iill
cry warehouses during Tie pIsl fiscal year,
compared with 1885, NiS
Decrease in Withdrawal Ol bourbon
whisky, 3,D77,T0l GALLONS, rye whisky
| ilO,HD gallons; miscellaneous, 2Bl,iOl
gallons. Total dcgms, l,Gln,1Dl GALLONS
Increase in withdrawal ui alcohol, bli,
gl7 gallons, rum, l0i az gallons gin, js,
go gallons; high vines lO,6lli pun
neutral or cologne spirits, D5, 200
Total increase, l.Tb, no. Net dccnrns,
from 1896, 2,0l3,JO5 gallons. II the guam
tity. 2,2l6,0l5 gallons los stated 10y III,
chief Of the bureau oi statistics, Oi do
nestle spirits exported and rcimpOrtct
during the year upun payment Of customs
duty equal 10 the internal revenue tax b'
added, the quantity virtually withdraw
from distillcry war. houses duHngthc yeal
ended June w. 1916, D. found obc $3.50
0is gallons, or l,G5l.ii 80 gallons less thar
during the year iSsN including the ~ 10
gallons rcimporied and lax paid durin,
that year.
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